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| 1195s | hello there internet and welcome to the |
| 1197s | Awakening Legends of Frontera seasonal |
| 1199s | tournament for the emea region I'm |
| 1201s | Maguire joined by Canada how you doing |
| 1203s | buddy doing great great to be back in a |
| 1205s | seasonal tournament especially what as |
| 1206s | important as this one with world's |
| 1208s | qualification coming up very soon |
| 1209s | players are doing their best are trying |
| 1211s | their hardest to make it to this point |
| 1213s | and to try and maybe even go for that |
| 1214s | top eight like some players will have to |
| 1216s | do to try and make it to world's |
| 1217s | qualifiers I know we have a common |
| 1219s | narrative at the beginning of these |
| 1220s | tournaments we're always saying how |
| 1221s | stacked they are but today it's more |
| 1223s | real than ever because today we really |
| 1226s | see the fruits of of what is essentially |
| 1228s | having everything on the line like the |
| 1230s | importance of this tournament in order |
| 1231s | for World qualification is above others |
| 1234s | and we have a very stacked lineup and |
| 1237s | some players that we thought qualified |
| 1239s | after having a 7-2 performance in the |
| 1241s | qualifiers and a really high placing on |
| 1244s | the ladder but being barely left out |
| 1246s | like our fellow Spaniard sir Donald so |
| 1249s | it's going to be like we pretty much |
| 1251s | recognize almost every single name in |
| 1253s | the top 32 and it's just going to be as |
| 1256s | usual Cutthroat as around one half of |
| 1259s | these players are going to be eliminated |
| 1260s | and that's gonna be it's gonna be sad |
| 1262s | and we're gonna make for a very exciting |
| 1264s | show nonetheless so I don't know it's |
| 1265s | gonna be really tight today for sure one |
| 1267s | thing of course as always I'm gonna even |
| 1269s | get ahead of you asking me what the |
| 1270s | seasonal tournament is and just get it |
| 1272s | right back yes it might be new to |
| 1275s | competitive Ventura and want to find out |
| 1276s | you know what this tournament is what it |
| 1277s | means and why we're talking about you |
| 1279s | know World qualification what all this |
| 1280s | means in kind of the bigger picture uh |
| 1282s | seasonal tournament is the end of every |
| 1284s | season in Doterra usually a two-month |
| 1286s | window where players are able to compete |
| 1287s | on ladders or gauntlets and then |
| 1289s | eventually qualify into the open rounds |
| 1291s | tournament which happened yesterday it's |
| 1292s | all in one weekend now and that is gonna |
| 1294s | be a thousand or so players competing |
| 1296s | for just 32 spots in this tournament in |
| 1299s | the top cut which is what every |
| 1301s | competitive player is aspiring to every |
| 1302s | single season |
| 1303s | you either make it with a 9-0 score one |
| 1305s | player is able to do that and that just |
| 1307s | means pure dominance in the open rounds |
| 1309s | an 8-1 score which a few players can do |
| 1311s | but the most likely is always that 7-2 |
| 1313s | score line yeah now many players can get |
| 1316s | that 7-2 score line and the tie breaker |
| 1318s | comes off of the ladder uh ranking the |
| 1320s | top ranked ladder players have the |
| 1323s | chance to actually make it through a 7-2 |
| 1325s | and many others as you're mentioning |
| 1326s | like sir Donald actually could not do it |
| 1328s | despite being 28th on ladder in this |
| 1330s | season so it all comes down to Granny |
| 1331s | throughout the season making sure you're |
| 1333s | in those top top spots online or to have |
| 1335s | that 72 tiebreaker working in your favor |
| 1337s | and then qualifying to today's |
| 1339s | tournament a seasonal top cut a five |
| 1341s | round single elimination tournament |
| 1342s | where |
| 1343s | 32 players start but after just one |
| 1346s | round it's already down to 16. after two |
| 1348s | rounds we're down to eight it's always |
| 1350s | jarring for both of us how quickly these |
| 1352s | players uh disappear and really don't |
| 1354s | really have a chance to compete further |
| 1355s | after just one round loss and just the |
| 1357s | best of three in a card game so it is a |
| 1359s | capital tournament there's no space for |
| 1361s | mistakes if you make a mistake at this |
| 1363s | level especially in this tournament |
| 1364s | today you're most likely out of |
| 1366s | contention and maybe even can't even |
| 1368s | make it into Worlds to further the |
| 1370s | season |
| 1371s | tough for the competitors great for us |
| 1373s | and our entertainment as we're going to |
| 1375s | be looking into the prize pool as we're |
| 1378s | going to see how much is on the line the |
| 1380s | champion will take home 10 000 US |
| 1382s | dollars as the runner-up will take up |
| 1385s | 3500. God we got my English good there |
| 1388s | 800 for the semifinalists and then for |
| 1390s | the quarterfinal is 400 as every single |
| 1393s | competitor today will be taking at the |
| 1395s | very least 150 dollars home |
| 1399s | look at the schedule for today this is |
| 1401s | of course going to be one of the key |
| 1402s | things about runetera is that we have an |
| 1404s | in-game tournament client that means |
| 1406s | that we are at the mercy of this client |
| 1408s | no delays powerful and all you know |
| 1410s | usually very good first of all because |
| 1412s | that means no delays everything is |
| 1413s | running on schedule uh but that means |
| 1415s | that pretty much every new round will |
| 1417s | start in one hour increments starting at |
| 1419s | 1 pm Cesc we'll have the first round |
| 1421s | starting up with some delay of course |
| 1423s | due to the uh delay on stream and then |
| 1425s | we will have one hour after that the |
| 1427s | next round and sometimes if matches end |
| 1430s | very quickly we'll have a big gap and a |
| 1432s | bigger break between uh rounds but most |
| 1434s | of the time it comes down to the final |
| 1435s | wire because then the last uh maybe 10 |
| 1437s | or 5 minutes a small break and then the |
| 1439s | next round coming up so overall if |
| 1441s | you're going to be going away for a |
| 1442s | snack whatever it is you know that every |
| 1444s | single hour increment from 1 pm onwards |
| 1446s | we will have a new round of bronterra |
| 1448s | waiting for you take a screenshot of |
| 1450s | this and that way you won't miss a game |
| 1451s | let's take a look |
| 1454s | yeah I know right the hack the life hack |
| 1456s | we got the top 32 here let's take a look |
| 1458s | at the bracket and the competitors who |
| 1460s | will be fighting for Glory today as we |
| 1463s | can see it is stacked and we know a lot |
| 1467s | of names uh I recognize the vast |
| 1469s | majority of them actually we got Center |
| 1471s | Rock right there because Robo Master we |
| 1473s | got Pinas representing Spain facing off |
| 1476s | against noletics Aragorn acaray champo |
| 1479s | from um the LFR I I keep forgetting what |
| 1483s | that team name is |
| 1487s | against the champion against the world |
| 1489s | champion really excited to see Alan make |
| 1492s | it to this season oh he missed out on |
| 1495s | qualifying in the prior season and that |
| 1497s | was a bit of a sad moment because I I |
| 1498s | love seeing the world champion go at it |
| 1500s | and it's gonna be very exciting to see |
| 1502s | how uh if he changes up his lineup from |
| 1505s | what he brought in the qualifiers which |
| 1506s | we were talking about earlier is |
| 1508s | expected to be the go-to lineup or at |
| 1511s | least the lineup to counter today in |
| 1514s | which uh because things change from the |
| 1515s | qualifier uh environment to a top 32 |
| 1518s | environment with a single elimination |
| 1519s | you can be more aggressive with your |
| 1521s | targeting and uh but if we do see a |
| 1523s | standard lineup it's gonna be the one |
| 1524s | that liquid Alan Z brought on the other |
| 1526s | side of the bracket we have broken ball |
| 1528s | against black Sal Italy versus France |
| 1531s | right there we got spikes versus gouda |
| 1533s | we have a a with Soleil well and I'll |
| 1536s | never be able to pronounce his name |
| 1537s | properly and then like I like I said I |
| 1539s | know all these guys they've been at it |
| 1541s | uh again and again on the top one on the |
| 1543s | top German players yeah at the very top |
| 1544s | of the bracket Ultraman the top player |
| 1546s | from Belgium and just overall top |
| 1547s | players in ladder and in tournaments the |
| 1549s | one player that we don't see here that |
| 1551s | seems what not quite made it is bad |
| 1553s | attack the player that I thought had |
| 1554s | made it but maybe also due to the crazy |
| 1557s | Cutthroat cut off this time around true |
| 1559s | is no longer in the season what happened |
| 1561s | to see in every single term I think he |
| 1562s | went 72 but we just didn't have to cut |
| 1564s | off this time around here |
| 1565s | two ghoster driver the player that went |
| 1568s | 9-0 yesterday in the open rounds always |
| 1570s | an incredibly hard thing to do against a |
| 1572s | very stacked field nine rounds of single |
| 1574s | elimination essentially is uh you know |
| 1576s | very very tough but in this case coach |
| 1578s | driver was able to do it and isn't |
| 1580s | coming to this tournament with a whole |
| 1581s | lot of confidence knowing that yesterday |
| 1582s | he did really well but Top Cut is a |
| 1585s | different piece Mogwai sometimes players |
| 1587s | will change a lineup depending on open |
| 1588s | round you want to have a more |
| 1590s | generically good lineup you're able to |
| 1591s | face against |
| 1593s | not bad players but maybe not you know |
| 1595s | the absolute excellent players you |
| 1596s | facing topics gotta keep it if you wanna |
| 1599s | you wanna have a more a more open kind |
| 1601s | of lineup that can just do well against |
| 1602s | everything and then in Top Cut that's |
| 1604s | where kind of more strategy comes into |
| 1606s | play where players are trying to say hey |
| 1607s | these are the top players what are they |
| 1609s | trying to bring am I trying to counter |
| 1611s | them am I trying to soft target certain |
| 1612s | things am I trying to just ban the |
| 1613s | strongest deck like Nami TF for example |
| 1616s | um it's a little bit more strategic uh |
| 1617s | also a little bit depend on the seating |
| 1619s | and who you think you're facing the |
| 1620s | first two rounds of the bracket for some |
| 1622s | players more than others especially in |
| 1623s | this tournament the ten thousand dollar |
| 1625s | prize pool is great winning seasonal is |
| 1627s | great but some players are really just |
| 1628s | aiming for getting to the top a game to |
| 1630s | the top four to get those points for |
| 1632s | wolf's augmentation I know in the case |
| 1633s | of Allen for example he needs to make |
| 1635s | the top eight so he needs to make it I |
| 1637s | believe it's maybe top four maybe twenty |
| 1638s | to win three rounds to actually make it |
| 1640s | to World qualifiers what I'm really |
| 1642s | intrigued is in such a you know |
| 1644s | stressful environment and when there's |
| 1645s | so much on the line uh how much |
| 1647s | targeting are we gonna see if any |
| 1649s | there's different forms of targeting |
| 1650s | with your lineups you can go soft |
| 1652s | targeting or you know hard targeting you |
| 1654s | can design a lineup that's specifically |
| 1656s | made to counter a deck but if you don't |
| 1658s | run into that deck then all of a sudden |
| 1659s | you can have a very weak strategy going |
| 1661s | and you can just get eliminated right so |
| 1663s | uh it's gonna come down to you know how |
| 1667s | that plays out and I think I think at |
| 1669s | least from Alan's side you know there is |
| 1671s | well there is yeah okay there's a pretty |
| 1673s | sailored lineup but there's a change in |
| 1674s | the last deck right here from what he |
| 1676s | played prior as we see there Alan Z |
| 1678s | playing Lee sin action Nami twist of |
| 1681s | fate Heimer Dinger Jace facing us |
| 1683s | against jumbo who's running Yasuo |
| 1685s | Katarina probably not the right regions |
| 1688s | displayed there should be Knox instead |
| 1689s | of the mafia We Got Annie Jin and Lee |
| 1693s | sin Nami |
| 1694s | and Mogwai this is what some players |
| 1697s | were very very scared of going into open |
| 1698s | rounds you bring Nami you know it's by |
| 1700s | Far and Away the strongest deck and |
| 1702s | strongest champion in the game right now |
| 1703s | as it has been in the past in certain |
| 1705s | minutes |
| 1706s | but players were always scared of |
| 1708s | players that are just you know going all |
| 1709s | in trying to directly try and counter |
| 1712s | this Nami deck and it is one of these |
| 1713s | scary matchups where all of a sudden |
| 1715s | shampoo decides hey I'm gonna be the bad |
| 1717s | guy in this tournament I'm gonna bring |
| 1719s | the Yasuo Katarina I'm gonna bring ninja |
| 1721s | suit is the bad guy what |
| 1723s | he's the hero |
| 1740s | maybe they were scared of facing they |
| 1742s | were scared of players that would take |
| 1744s | the risk of bringing this line up and |
| 1745s | trying to do well with it in the top cut |
| 1746s | I'm intrigued like I'm not exactly sure |
| 1749s | uh how yaso Katarina matches up against |
| 1753s | a high level Nami twist of fate um the |
| 1756s | stuns can come into play a lot against |
| 1758s | Lee sin for example but it doesn't feel |
| 1760s | like this is the best overall match of |
| 1762s | Florida yasu Katarina has been a deck |
| 1764s | that's been performing extremely well as |
| 1766s | of late and we're gonna be venturing |
| 1768s | here into game one and there it is with |
| 1770s | the win set paylock and we're going up |
| 1772s | against of course Nami TF with Shadow |
| 1777s | aisles |
| 1778s | there's a deck that has just very good |
| 1780s | massive tables against some of the |
| 1781s | strongest decks in the current map which |
| 1782s | is why it's being brought here and why |
| 1783s | it's getting a lot of popularity in the |
| 1785s | past few weeks on ladder that's what |
| 1787s | Katarina matches very well against |
| 1789s | European matches very very well against |
| 1790s | Lisa NAMI so overall uh we'll see how |
| 1794s | it'll do in a tournament setting we |
| 1795s | talked about it ladder stats don't |
| 1796s | always mean everything in a tournament |
| 1797s | setting some of the you know the the |
| 1799s | skill at which these players Elevate |
| 1801s | some of these decks makes it so that |
| 1802s | some assets are completely different but |
| 1804s | for the most part I do think the yes |
| 1805s | Katarina here should be favored for |
| 1807s | shampoo |
| 1809s | we see beside the disciple drop down |
| 1811s | turn one for Allen and it gets quietest |
| 1814s | immediately but disciple is a one drop |
| 1817s | that we're gonna be seeing a lot today |
| 1818s | ladies and gentlemen and the one drop |
| 1820s | that not only enabled Nami justificate |
| 1822s | another Ionia Dexter's ride but also is |
| 1824s | insanely good for ya so Katarina because |
| 1827s | it replaces the morn for a card that |
| 1829s | allows you to cycle through your deck in |
| 1830s | this never-ending engine |
| 1832s | that also helps you level up your main |
| 1835s | Champion as down goes Beyblade pillar |
| 1837s | facing off against the coral creatures |
| 1839s | who generates another out of the main |
| 1841s | deck quietest already a card that is run |
| 1844s | as a three of in most of these shadow |
| 1846s | aisles variants and a great card to have |
| 1849s | that can just immediately knock out this |
| 1851s | Beyblade Turtle for just one Mana here |
| 1855s | when I was talking about the best |
| 1857s | players playing elevating these things |
| 1858s | this is what I meant the quiet is being |
| 1860s | generated of course the graphical error |
| 1863s | here should be flipped the players are |
| 1864s | of course Allen's EQ should be playing |
| 1866s | the Tommy deck and it should be shumpo |
| 1868s | on yeah true Katarina true hopefully |
| 1870s | that can be fixed very very soon |
| 1872s | not not today am I gonna see Alan Z |
| 1875s | playing yeah so unfortunately |
| 1879s | I I like that arachnoid Century played |
| 1882s | by the way that was a very good call by |
| 1883s | Ellen uh essentially playing around the |
| 1886s | quietest by getting the Boost happening |
| 1888s | because apply this it's a slow speed |
| 1889s | spell so shampoo had no way of chaining |
| 1891s | that and now Fey is out of its range and |
| 1895s | even though we've already seen one |
| 1896s | there's no reason why there should be a |
| 1898s | second one in champo's hand so that that |
| 1900s | call right there which may not seem as |
| 1902s | intuitive really allowed this family |
| 1904s | throw to stick on the board and start |
| 1906s | snowballing and threatening with that |
| 1907s | big Power combined with the quick attack |
| 1910s | keyword double vial Feast drawn by |
| 1913s | shenpo here as he's building towards |
| 1914s | those verbal fishes but no Champion yet |
| 1916s | I know you're a player Mama that has |
| 1918s | played a decent amount of Katarina in |
| 1920s | the past your Yasuo enjoyer as I think |
| 1922s | everyone on the I played it before it |
| 1924s | was cool I I know that Jason seizure guy |
| 1926s | likes to say I'm the yaso guy I was the |
| 1928s | yaso guy before you even born buddy I |
| 1930s | got two masters in the rising Tides map |
| 1932s | data with the also catering and we have |
| 1934s | no winsteps hillock all right thank you |
| 1936s | for sharing my bike yeah it has to be |
| 1939s | known now that it is known now I will |
| 1942s | ask you the question you know how does |
| 1943s | this deck what's the kind of the |
| 1944s | gameplay function for this deck what is |
| 1946s | what is the the mission now in the mid |
| 1947s | game for yesterday outside of the match |
| 1949s | of itself just in general yeah yeah you |
| 1951s | got to build up your your yeah so level |
| 1953s | up because when you level up yasso |
| 1956s | your wincept hillock uh starts |
| 1958s | essentially eliminating the strongest |
| 1960s | unit on the board every single turn |
| 1963s | right uh especially combined with a |
| 1965s | leveled up Katarina so right now you got |
| 1967s | to focus on trying to apply pressure |
| 1969s | with your Beyblade twirlers and and you |
| 1972s | gotta especially in this particular |
| 1973s | matchup you gotta try to use your early |
| 1975s | game to deal as much damage as possible |
| 1977s | and try to force your opponent to react |
| 1979s | to your board so that you have enough |
| 1981s | Tempo to set up the wins to play lock |
| 1984s | and go for the yaso controller game the |
| 1987s | problem is we're facing off against a |
| 1989s | shadow house variant of twist of fate |
| 1991s | Nami which means that because of the |
| 1993s | Shadow owls region Splash you have |
| 1995s | access to a full set of Vengeance not |
| 1997s | only that but you have the shadow aisles |
| 1999s | tell Stones as well which can lead to a |
| 2001s | crumble so this deck has a very easy |
| 2004s | time eliminating yaso more so than uh |
| 2008s | just Ionia versions right |
| 2011s | so that's going to be the big the bigger |
| 2013s | issue here for for example like you've |
| 2015s | mentioned like twist of fate Nami you |
| 2017s | know yeah you also could have the the |
| 2019s | match of Adventure but it depends on |
| 2020s | what region is is being combined here |
| 2023s | and this the removal is just really |
| 2025s | really |
| 2026s | extremely uh available here for uh Allen |
| 2029s | and we already see Avengers in hand and |
| 2031s | it's just the beginning like that even |
| 2033s | that's that strafing could draw into a |
| 2034s | tell stones that could lead to a crumble |
| 2036s | as well so keeping yasu alive is going |
| 2038s | to be difficult |
| 2045s | and he's low on cars as well like if you |
| 2047s | if you realize like he's already down to |
| 2050s | like he obviously he has a lot of |
| 2051s | momentum going on on the board right but |
| 2056s | there's just two cards I thought there |
| 2058s | were three but there's just two cards in |
| 2059s | hand |
| 2064s | oh |
| 2066s | I seem to have some problem with it we |
| 2068s | have some tenant yeah I I was I was |
| 2069s | wondering like yeah because because |
| 2071s | there was a third card and it |
| 2072s | disappeared and then like the it was |
| 2075s | frozen so we have some technical |
| 2076s | difficulties uh we'll be we'll be right |
| 2078s | back with you in the meantime you can |
| 2080s | enjoy us talking about card games and |
| 2082s | stuff yeah we can't talk now a bit about |
| 2084s | because we haven't had a chance to talk |
| 2086s | about the players for sure a chance to |
| 2087s | see declares either from that first |
| 2088s | match because we got right into it right |
| 2090s | away but I think everyone knows Ionia is |
| 2092s | incredibly strong right now yeah both |
| 2094s | Lee sin and Nami of course Nami with TF |
| 2096s | or uh in some cases simonami was being |
| 2099s | played as well uh just with better |
| 2100s | spells being played in the open rounds |
| 2102s | and then Lee sin usually paired with |
| 2104s | Nollywood in this case you're trying to |
| 2105s | split up those Champions to have two |
| 2107s | strongness of just one in uh that's the |
| 2109s | form we have now for riots uh |
| 2111s | tournaments in the seasonal tournaments |
| 2112s | especially and that will be Lee sin |
| 2113s | akshan as a second maybe strongest deck |
| 2115s | in most of these lineups third deck is |
| 2117s | Fiora Pantheon the Buffs of Fiora now |
| 2119s | mixes up Pantheon and Faded is back into |
| 2121s | the mix of things with Cam4 in the mix |
| 2123s | as well with Eula as a support card as |
| 2127s | well an overall deck that some people |
| 2128s | were very tired of back when Yumi was a |
| 2130s | thing with Pantheon now is back maybe in |
| 2132s | a better version even right now I think |
| 2134s | it's healthier overall and we are back |
| 2137s | but yeah yeah speaking about that real |
| 2139s | quick just um |
| 2140s | uh I I do like seeing Cam4 back in or |
| 2144s | like not back in like actually being a |
| 2146s | card and relevant and things as we are |
| 2148s | Gracia quite as they're being used to |
| 2150s | remove the uh equipment that was |
| 2153s | equipped on this availability trailer we |
| 2154s | did miss that play as we see the |
| 2156s | Windswept tellock has already been |
| 2157s | developed and uh shampo is well spread |
| 2162s | out here as uh Alan can start attempting |
| 2166s | Alan is the one playing |
| 2168s | Alan is the one playing yeah so uh it |
| 2170s | was the graphical error it was the |
| 2172s | graphical error Outlet is breaking oh |
| 2174s | look it's bringing yasu oh my God oh my |
| 2178s | I |
| 2180s | think this day would come we were |
| 2182s | talking about oh we played Yahoo |
| 2185s | like players like that being the the |
| 2187s | ones trying to risk it and try and |
| 2189s | counter that Nami instead it is Allen |
| 2192s | actually taking the strategy thinking |
| 2193s | that I only need to make it to the top |
| 2194s | four top eight to get that look up |
| 2196s | against the spot I'm gonna try and do it |
| 2198s | matching up against Nami in three |
| 2199s | different rounds Alan has a key I repeat |
| 2202s | Allen has a key as we're gonna see |
| 2204s | shampoo play I assume this could be |
| 2206s | Avengers or |
| 2208s | uh we we don't we can't really see |
| 2210s | shampo's hand uh from from this |
| 2212s | perspective but we can speculate you |
| 2214s | know it's gonna be an absorbed Soul onto |
| 2216s | the spiderling knowing that this kind of |
| 2218s | play won't be disrupted with only three |
| 2219s | cards in hand you don't want to waste a |
| 2221s | stun or any sort of uh like a nopify |
| 2224s | even onto this |
| 2226s | gonna heal up |
| 2229s | still have a lot of blockers but most of |
| 2230s | them are |
| 2232s | elusives you know that Yasuo struggles |
| 2234s | with uh just dealing direct damage right |
| 2237s | you got to worry about the rally effects |
| 2239s | but that's only going to really happen |
| 2240s | if you leveled up Katarina which hasn't |
| 2241s | been the case here |
| 2244s | things which is allowing you to spawn a |
| 2247s | blocker at burst speed while you refill |
| 2249s | your hand pretty good card in my opinion |
| 2252s | as uh here we are back at it we see both |
| 2255s | hands and this is what I was talking |
| 2256s | about man Vengeance and double tail |
| 2259s | stones three sources of removal for yaso |
| 2264s | even though shampoo is out of range from |
| 2266s | killing him this turn which can be |
| 2268s | relevant uh it'll be knocked out next |
| 2270s | next round no Champions still for shampo |
| 2272s | here though |
| 2275s | uh Panda you're you're muted I think I'm |
| 2279s | back now |
| 2281s | I don't even know Mogwai from the past |
| 2283s | seasonal we have fixed the small issue |
| 2285s | we had with the overlay now we are no |
| 2287s | longer covering the Oracle eye so |
| 2288s | viewers are able to see what kind of |
| 2291s | damage is being done before it's |
| 2293s | actually accepted by the players |
| 2300s | gonna be using that to preserve the |
| 2302s | arachno essential Island and still |
| 2304s | trying to preserve their board uh |
| 2306s | there's a mark of the aisles |
| 2308s | Shuffle is thinking about using a mark |
| 2310s | of the aisle is to remove what I assume |
| 2312s | is the uh well how definitely a big tour |
| 2315s | alert yeah yeah it it could be on the |
| 2317s | zap exactly |
| 2319s | yeah eliminating one Beyblade trailer is |
| 2322s | a very big deal here |
| 2325s | it seems shumble is on his way to uh to |
| 2328s | stabilizing |
| 2329s | Alan has run out of gas has a yasu in |
| 2332s | hand and a ravenous flock but that's |
| 2334s | just nothing compared to the might of |
| 2336s | Shelley Shelley would with the |
| 2337s | tailstones in hand with that yetisen |
| 2342s | reporting for Duty |
| 2344s | well that road ain't gonna be somewhere |
| 2346s | you like uh yeah so this is not looking |
| 2349s | good for one Samurai available for uh |
| 2352s | one son of the very least but a lot of |
| 2354s | elusive damage coming in 14 HP in the |
| 2355s | next is four I don't do queue very |
| 2357s | smartly takes the hit before any other |
| 2359s | spells can be played except before your |
| 2361s | horn has a chance to add more spells to |
| 2363s | the stack yep very very good call right |
| 2366s | there I I definitely would go for uh a |
| 2367s | Vengeance here they're down to two cards |
| 2369s | so if you get a counter out of them then |
| 2371s | you can just enable it for next round |
| 2372s | you still have the ability to |
| 2374s | potentially kill something at fast speed |
| 2376s | with the shadow house tell Stones you |
| 2378s | could go for the spirit Journey instead |
| 2380s | jumbo is going to actually develop |
| 2383s | a line This is a bit of a risky play uh |
| 2386s | because what if Alan Z is a madman and |
| 2389s | is running intimidating Roar it just |
| 2392s | knocks his horn out my wife it's enough |
| 2395s | that Allen zq is playing y'all okay |
| 2396s | don't don't go too far okay okay okay |
| 2398s | you can't ask for so much well good |
| 2400s | dreams just please baby |
| 2403s | that just goes down and now in response |
| 2406s | we're gonna see uh interesting to see |
| 2407s | the compressor pump onto the uh |
| 2409s | non-illusive unit I don't know why you |
| 2411s | wouldn't Target the um the purple fish |
| 2413s | right |
| 2416s | maybe I assume that the blockers are |
| 2417s | gonna have to come in here with uh eight |
| 2419s | HP and X's with they also now let me |
| 2422s | killed off of course but we have the |
| 2423s | three two coming in as well and no Mana |
| 2425s | available for Sean Paul for this |
| 2426s | upcoming open attack Allen's EQ |
| 2428s | essentially thinking hey there's gonna |
| 2429s | be one stone coming in on the Shelley |
| 2430s | there are gonna have to be blockers I'm |
| 2432s | gonna have better combat trades only |
| 2434s | these purple fish here to block |
| 2436s | whichever words comes in as well able to |
| 2437s | refuel so important at this stage of the |
| 2439s | game where you really need to do so you |
| 2441s | can develop though we have triple double |
| 2443s | trouble in hand for shumbo he has ways |
| 2445s | to create more blockers but there's a |
| 2447s | Katarina Katarina is extremely tempting |
| 2449s | because the Cat arena does not get |
| 2451s | stopped it may force a spirit Journey |
| 2453s | very likely we'll Force the spirit |
| 2455s | Journey out of shumpur uh they are gonna |
| 2457s | they're gonna go in with the stun wow |
| 2460s | he's he's yeah he's going for blood |
| 2462s | he's trying to get the win here he knows |
| 2463s | it maybe the next attack tokens during |
| 2465s | her chumbo would be too dangerous to |
| 2466s | survive considering his hand considering |
| 2468s | his option although his palm could have |
| 2469s | been used defensively next turn in this |
| 2471s | case looks like trying to go for the win |
| 2472s | if Spirit journey is used early here |
| 2475s | the yeah Spirit Journey could be used |
| 2478s | onto the Fey blade twirler but I don't |
| 2480s | know why you would use it |
| 2482s | now oh yeah you're using on your own you |
| 2484s | know what a play |
| 2486s | what a play |
| 2489s | but that now Katarina goes down |
| 2492s | nothing goes down the problem is you're |
| 2495s | really vulnerable to an open attack you |
| 2497s | can however use the blades Edge onto the |
| 2500s | other burble fish and eliminate blocker |
| 2502s | one less blockers and one less open |
| 2504s | attacker yeah like it's it's really this |
| 2507s | is really important here |
| 2508s | and one of these double witness cannot |
| 2510s | walk it is of course gonna be the waffle |
| 2512s | idle cannot actually get the block off |
| 2515s | here so a lot of damage being committed |
| 2517s | here exactly that's lethal oh my God |
| 2520s | that's the the washer |
| 2525s | and shampoo and foresee will take the |
| 2527s | game loss wow you also Katarina doing |
| 2530s | what it should be doing in Allen's |
| 2532s | prediction with the reason why he |
| 2533s | brought this deck to tournament today to |
| 2535s | try and feast on these Nami decks a lot |
| 2538s | of tempo a lot of you know very hard to |
| 2539s | deal with these early blade trollers |
| 2541s | coming in we still have very early being |
| 2543s | developed and we saw why it was such a |
| 2544s | massive threat |
| 2546s | yeah so Katarina taking down Nami |
| 2549s | Twisted Fate was it was it a good lucky |
| 2552s | game for Alan or was it a |
| 2556s | evidence essentially of this deck just |
| 2558s | being |
| 2558s | um amazing and I haven't been slept on |
| 2560s | for quite some time and now we're going |
| 2562s | to be going to round two Alan is |
| 2564s | bringing any gin I'm a little bit |
| 2565s | nervous about Annie Jin because I've |
| 2567s | I've heard the tales that it was quite |
| 2570s | the underperformer in the qualifiers a |
| 2573s | lot of people bringing any gin actually |
| 2575s | dropped out because of the deck it it |
| 2578s | struggled quite a bit but if Alan is |
| 2581s | bringing it he must have a good reason |
| 2583s | for it and we're going to be seeing a |
| 2585s | really strong opener here Legion regard |
| 2587s | into boomkar rookie forcing the double |
| 2590s | trouble from shampoo normally a Nami |
| 2592s | player wants to win to turn three to |
| 2594s | play double trouble so they carry over |
| 2595s | the Spellman and start progressing |
| 2596s | towards nami's level up but because of |
| 2599s | the momentum that Allen is trying to |
| 2601s | jumper with uh they are forced to |
| 2603s | develop this double trouble early and |
| 2605s | get a delay nami's level up that you |
| 2608s | know a price to pay to not take a |
| 2610s | bazillion damage turn to is uh |
| 2612s | ultimately worth here as now we can |
| 2614s | expect an open attack into a pass from |
| 2615s | shampoo to try to build up that spell |
| 2617s | minute |
| 2619s | he's able to survive that first attack |
| 2621s | that kind of has to attack at this point |
| 2623s | but in this case able to survive for a |
| 2625s | second skill proc and a second amount of |
| 2627s | damage coming in as well that card does |
| 2630s | not seem play regularly in any gin |
| 2632s | that's that's that's uh uh what was what |
| 2634s | was it called the um the student |
| 2637s | the manusul student I believe the three |
| 2641s | drop that is a really dope addition |
| 2643s | that's that that one got cut off early |
| 2646s | on yeah |
| 2653s | surprisingly hard to play uh people |
| 2655s | early on did misplay with it a lot it |
| 2657s | wasn't just an aggro deck like many |
| 2659s | people in the beginning and now it's |
| 2661s | being you know used in a way where It |
| 2663s | just fits in a very specific goal you're |
| 2665s | trying to achieve in this lineup for |
| 2666s | Alan and what the matchup tables are all |
| 2668s | right now in the current meta |
| 2672s | this is already becoming a scary attack |
| 2674s | shampoo and I have to block off most of |
| 2676s | these units |
| 2678s | with the hand for Allen |
| 2680s | not looking great for the next few |
| 2682s | rounds yeah it's the kind of hand that |
| 2684s | you want to see when the game is almost |
| 2686s | uh over like when you've dealt with |
| 2688s | enough damage but these back-to-back |
| 2689s | double troubles have allowed chumbo to |
| 2693s | to stabilize here and control this |
| 2696s | ridiculous early aggression |
| 2700s | being able to answer the manisol student |
| 2702s | as well I believe there's a lot of these |
| 2704s | Nami backs are running heavy metal as a |
| 2706s | one-off so if that's the case a shampoo |
| 2708s | very fortunate to drawing it there |
| 2710s | because it was an excellent answer to a |
| 2712s | very threatened unit ionian hook Master |
| 2714s | being drawn therefore Allen much better |
| 2716s | talk deck here for shampo with the twist |
| 2719s | of fate undying main deck undying |
| 2723s | am I going to see something it's a main |
| 2725s | deck undying and is that a thing in Nami |
| 2727s | I don't believe so but Melissa it's the |
| 2729s | case here for shampoo unless the car was |
| 2731s | generated the hand though the difference |
| 2733s | here Mogwai is oh no no no no no no it |
| 2736s | was the um the wardens prey yeah the |
| 2738s | warden spray uh generated yeah |
| 2744s | well comparing the hands my way that's |
| 2745s | the big thing I want to touch on here |
| 2746s | yeah |
| 2747s | infinite draw you have TF as well you |
| 2749s | have Nami on the board already you have |
| 2751s | Rusty crosier as well uh coming online |
| 2753s | so it's I'm not sure if Alan's gonna |
| 2755s | have a way to to you know in any way |
| 2757s | fight for this game at this point 16 HP |
| 2759s | stolen Nexus for shampoo very far away |
| 2761s | from any kind of surprise lethal at this |
| 2763s | point |
| 2764s | and the hand is not really doing element |
| 2765s | Shavers essentially trading away board |
| 2767s | for burn which in this case is just not |
| 2770s | quite effective enough because I mean |
| 2771s | there is so much HP in the Nexus the |
| 2773s | back-to-back Double Trouble is really |
| 2774s | shut uh him down it was a solid opener |
| 2777s | you know you had Legion rear guard into |
| 2779s | your boom crew rookie and then the |
| 2781s | manisol student could have dealt quite a |
| 2783s | bit as well but |
| 2786s | shot boys had a very easy time |
| 2787s | stabilizing and if he's able to continue |
| 2789s | to not take a bazillion damage this hand |
| 2792s | will most certainly drown him in value |
| 2795s | got got Coral creatures you have eye of |
| 2798s | nagakoporos which was just played right |
| 2800s | now to spawn another uh potential |
| 2803s | blocker um I like Coral creatures here a |
| 2805s | lot it just technically costs one mana |
| 2807s | and gives you an extra resource or you |
| 2809s | can just go for double trouble and just |
| 2811s | go wide completely that also works |
| 2814s | especially assuming as Alan uh you know |
| 2816s | you can maybe tell by his hand by the |
| 2818s | players not being made here that doesn't |
| 2819s | really have much to work with the hand |
| 2820s | might be a bit awkward and jumbo wants |
| 2821s | to take advantage of this one's to try |
| 2822s | and already uh cement himself on the |
| 2824s | board get some value here right away |
| 2826s | with the full Board of attackers ready |
| 2828s | to go or of units to buff for the next |
| 2830s | open attack doesn't think about Nami |
| 2832s | that's why Nami is uh I I would argue |
| 2835s | the strongest champion in the game right |
| 2837s | now there's a certain point |
| 2839s | in the match in which if if you have |
| 2842s | stabilized and or you have survived and |
| 2844s | she levels up and all of a sudden you're |
| 2846s | just going to be |
| 2848s | generating these monstrous amounts of |
| 2850s | stats spreading them out throughout your |
| 2852s | entire board and you don't even need |
| 2854s | elusives to just overwhelm the opponent |
| 2856s | really |
| 2857s | Nami goes down the attune triggers the |
| 2859s | level up and ladies and gentlemen I |
| 2861s | think this game is done |
| 2865s | that's not me we're gonna be seeing a |
| 2866s | lot of Earth today folks |
| 2868s | well she will be the target for many |
| 2870s | bands as she was in the open round so |
| 2872s | basically took I think you know a whole |
| 2874s | heap of bands when she was in the lineup |
| 2876s | for either player and that's gonna be |
| 2878s | yeah |
| 2879s | you know the the writing on the wall was |
| 2882s | quite clear a few times ago even with |
| 2883s | the opening for Allen the handy hat as |
| 2885s | well trying to hand it below to get back |
| 2887s | into the game and for shumpo the exact |
| 2889s | opposite we saw just all the different |
| 2891s | types of car that can refuel his hand |
| 2893s | they can have him fight into a very very |
| 2895s | long game which is what Nami does so |
| 2896s | well with pretty much every card either |
| 2898s | replacing itself or drawing a card or |
| 2899s | just generating stats as you're |
| 2900s | mentioning it's a very versatile deck |
| 2902s | that has also the option to become a |
| 2905s | threat in so many different ways Lucid |
| 2907s | was just big boards but also can answer |
| 2909s | so many different threats from any |
| 2910s | opponent's lineup because of the tail |
| 2911s | stones like the if you're playing Ionia |
| 2914s | the ion Intel Stones if you're playing |
| 2915s | Shadows the Shadows stuff so those are |
| 2917s | very good they provide a lot of the |
| 2920s | shadow Alice one is particularly strong |
| 2922s | with nami because it can lead to a lot |
| 2925s | like a lot of damage with the mark of |
| 2927s | the Alice combo or it can just be used |
| 2929s | to remove something right to answer a |
| 2931s | threat it's just extremely flexible and |
| 2933s | the only issue that the deck has is not |
| 2935s | dying to early aggression pretty much |
| 2937s | and with cars like double trouble as you |
| 2940s | can see there even a deck that's purely |
| 2941s | designed to end the game quickly can |
| 2944s | fall short and we're gonna see here |
| 2946s | beside disciple normally attacks as an |
| 2948s | opener but in this matchup right here |
| 2949s | they're preserving it in the back row |
| 2951s | instead do not have to pay two Mana to |
| 2953s | redeploy it for the sake of cycling |
| 2954s | through the deck because value is not |
| 2957s | the the name of the game here the name |
| 2959s | of the game here is tempo being able to |
| 2960s | keep up with what your opponent is doing |
| 2962s | so use this visa and disciple as a way |
| 2964s | to block into that Legion Saboteur and |
| 2967s | uh you if you're shampoo you wish Alan |
| 2970s | would go for an open attack here but |
| 2971s | Alan you know this that's a world |
| 2973s | champion right there he's not going to |
| 2975s | play into that and he said he's gonna |
| 2976s | open ionian hook Master gonna get the |
| 2978s | Shepherds staff thing you know the stick |
| 2981s | hits him in the head it's really really |
| 2983s | painful and as you can see it makes her |
| 2985s | quite beefy a four three four two can't |
| 2988s | block but you don't really care you |
| 2990s | wanna you wanna punch damage now action |
| 2993s | on curve doesn't feel as good because |
| 2995s | you don't want to be blocking with your |
| 2996s | action |
| 2997s | but you may need certain decks having a |
| 3000s | preference for uh starting attacks on |
| 3002s | even or on odds obviously for things |
| 3004s | like lurk attacking on odds attacking on |
| 3006s | front one is very crucial in the case |
| 3008s | for auction attacking on turn two so |
| 3009s | here a little bit of a you know bad luck |
| 3012s | moment for shampoo without the attack |
| 3014s | here for Action right away but still |
| 3016s | next turn you can't do it but now of |
| 3018s | course there's a can block do the |
| 3019s | shepherd staff onto the hook Master |
| 3021s | which means that you will be able to |
| 3023s | attack right away with option if you |
| 3024s | choose to and you have the absolver ask |
| 3026s | some backup but of course you want to |
| 3027s | use that much much later in the game |
| 3029s | Lee sin has been drawn this is a problem |
| 3032s | many times in the past release index not |
| 3034s | actually drawing release so at least |
| 3036s | that has been checked out of the way |
| 3037s | here for shampoo |
| 3038s | the double deny is a little bit |
| 3041s | you know it it it's it's gonna hold |
| 3044s | shampoo back a bit especially in |
| 3045s | congestion with that absorber there's |
| 3047s | three cards in hand I mean one deny is |
| 3049s | good to have you know you're gonna need |
| 3050s | it eventually two you'd rather have |
| 3052s | other other resources now now because |
| 3054s | there's not really much going on in |
| 3055s | shampoo's hand for the immediate moment |
| 3057s | you will attack with the Messiah |
| 3058s | disciple because you have you are going |
| 3060s | to carry reverse comment you're going to |
| 3061s | be able to redeploy it and you need to |
| 3062s | cycle through your deck yeah if he |
| 3066s | doesn't have a union for this next turn |
| 3067s | this could be devastating in terms of |
| 3069s | the hand that Alan's able to put forward |
| 3070s | now two two units can be dropped here |
| 3073s | for four Mana I'm imagining the Solari |
| 3075s | sunhawk will be one of those with |
| 3076s | Daybreak effect right away can stun |
| 3078s | action and have one less blocker |
| 3079s | available and really the only Block in |
| 3081s | this case or it could just be double |
| 3082s | touch speaker trying to go he wants he |
| 3084s | wants that action he wants to force the |
| 3085s | action to trade but I mean considering |
| 3087s | you have a boom rookie but the thing is |
| 3089s | like if you have action you want to be |
| 3090s | blocking into something a bit beefier so |
| 3093s | I also like I think swagson Hawk was |
| 3096s | definitely worth considering but the |
| 3097s | fact that it stuns Lee sin on curve and |
| 3100s | and shampo is attacking on odds uh is a |
| 3104s | good reason to keep it there so I think |
| 3106s | double |
| 3107s | Tusk speaker is gonna be the play here |
| 3110s | at this point after we saw the first one |
| 3112s | it's easy to assume the second one is |
| 3113s | coming down as well |
| 3115s | I have the Dragon Force oh yeah about |
| 3118s | missing some presents on the board |
| 3119s | against the deck that can be very |
| 3121s | aggressive at times I don't think he was |
| 3122s | bringing here with the Annie gin that |
| 3124s | will definitely help out in having uh |
| 3126s | much more of a presence the next few |
| 3127s | turns especially at least until this the |
| 3129s | side of the Dragon goes down if it goes |
| 3130s | down |
| 3132s | I think we are going to see an absolver |
| 3134s | I'm surprised we see the dark and blood |
| 3136s | letters first |
| 3137s | but now we should see the uh I had the |
| 3140s | dragon go down and and we're going to be |
| 3142s | seeing a premature absolver being played |
| 3144s | here by shenpo you you need to do it |
| 3146s | because you need the second spell to |
| 3147s | enable the eye of the Dragon it can also |
| 3149s | help one of your end to survive and |
| 3150s | exchange the I would I like either the |
| 3152s | dragon onto uh sorry uh absolver onto |
| 3156s | eye of the Dragon it allows you to trade |
| 3158s | into tough speaker and survive |
| 3160s | and you're not really expecting cars |
| 3162s | like ravenous flock in this particular |
| 3163s | noxious variant of a deck |
| 3165s | so you trade there you trade them a |
| 3167s | style and disciple you know you get a |
| 3169s | little bit confused but he needs to take |
| 3170s | one for the team and then this I have |
| 3171s | the Dragon Gets the absolver Boost trays |
| 3174s | into the tough speaker and you take five |
| 3177s | damage which you're gonna be able to |
| 3178s | recover some of next turn talk about |
| 3180s | decklist we haven't had a chance to see |
| 3181s | the declus in the asset before this |
| 3183s | match started off but in the list for |
| 3185s | lzq despite the Nerf to decimate up to |
| 3188s | six Mana for all our aggro enjoyers out |
| 3190s | there three copies of it still being run |
| 3191s | in this deck for Allen |
| 3193s | three copies of what decimate of |
| 3196s | decimator six minute decimate still |
| 3199s | still alive |
| 3204s | well at least Sean Paul doesn't have to |
| 3205s | worry about that he doesn't have to |
| 3206s | worry about the burn but the maniso |
| 3208s | student low-key represents a huge threat |
| 3212s | because it's it's pinging in multiple |
| 3215s | instances right so the Knight doesn't |
| 3216s | really work out against it if you have |
| 3218s | brighter negation that's a different |
| 3219s | story but |
| 3221s | it's gonna be stacking up quite a bit of |
| 3222s | damage here we see momentous Choice |
| 3224s | they're going to be applied onto the |
| 3225s | lifesteal |
| 3227s | with the level a little bit healthier |
| 3229s | trying to level up yeah well I'll get |
| 3231s | that extra bit of damage knocks and |
| 3233s | further though gonna need to keep that |
| 3235s | Mana for deny |
| 3237s | as long as he does |
| 3241s | he a predictor I only tell Stones I |
| 3244s | really like gives you healing |
| 3246s | and uh Homecoming in a pinch yep there |
| 3249s | it is and now an attack very good turn |
| 3252s | by shumbo here gonna get back together |
| 3255s | with this Choice online uh for the extra |
| 3257s | life still just to make sure you're at a |
| 3259s | further range because you don't know how |
| 3260s | long this I have dragon survive for you |
| 3262s | know what exactly your opponent has |
| 3263s | planned you want to try and get this |
| 3264s | life stool on the either dragon on the |
| 3265s | dragon that's currently on the board uh |
| 3267s | one you can and try and make use of it |
| 3269s | right now |
| 3270s | this is not good for Alan |
| 3272s | this is really bad uh this he he really |
| 3276s | needs this not action for what to go |
| 3277s | through and now the double denies that |
| 3278s | we were you know we're seemed like a bit |
| 3280s | of a detriment early on are going to |
| 3282s | come into extremely clutch here |
| 3283s | gonna get him back to 12. |
| 3285s | and he does that he still has a a |
| 3287s | counter not only to a dese but also to |
| 3290s | like a very key stun for example that |
| 3292s | could set him back like there's just a |
| 3294s | lot of stuff |
| 3295s | shut down he has at least in ready he |
| 3297s | has the health potion enabled that will |
| 3299s | enable the eye of the dragon and the |
| 3301s | palm and once you have this set up for |
| 3303s | shampoo where you have your auction |
| 3304s | still alive you have your leasing ready |
| 3306s | to go when you have the Madison to play |
| 3308s | him and also still have defensive |
| 3309s | capabilities alive and you have the eye |
| 3310s | of the Dragon you're just looking for |
| 3311s | more utility you're looking for more |
| 3312s | ways to answer threats to your opponent |
| 3314s | might developed to try and end this game |
| 3315s | and because the poem is a perfect thing |
| 3317s | to draw right here you have denied to |
| 3319s | stop any big spells from coming in or |
| 3321s | any spells overall like an option fervor |
| 3322s | or destiny possibly and you have |
| 3324s | problems to stop what could be a scary |
| 3326s | open attack or a scary attack overall |
| 3328s | from Alan |
| 3329s | yep I know I'm being a bit of a captain |
| 3332s | hindsight here but like I was saying |
| 3334s | earlier I was concerned about the Annie |
| 3337s | gin being brought uh I've heard a lot uh |
| 3340s | of of players just recent conclusion |
| 3342s | that it was uh arguably one of the worst |
| 3345s | performers in the qualifier you know |
| 3347s | from who was president a lot of lineups |
| 3348s | and did not really |
| 3351s | you know it didn't really succeed too |
| 3353s | much here and we're seeing Alan uh |
| 3355s | bringing it against Decks that are |
| 3357s | supposed to be relatively weak to it and |
| 3360s | uh they're just having not not too much |
| 3363s | of a hard time stabilizing against it |
| 3365s | and once they do you're you're just done |
| 3367s | it's over |
| 3369s | like if you have not ended the game by |
| 3371s | this point it's just |
| 3373s | it's all downhill or uphill from here |
| 3376s | what's what's the expression |
| 3378s | in the opener I was looking for for data |
| 3379s | from the Apec region and the emea region |
| 3382s | actually andigen had a 52 win rate so |
| 3384s | not terrible there are worth performing |
| 3386s | decks uh Lisa Nami was at 54 or almost |
| 3389s | okay five uh for reference and it was uh |
| 3393s | banned quite a bit as well any gin so |
| 3394s | it's an act that people had on their |
| 3396s | radar as a possible problem depending on |
| 3398s | the lineup and didn't perform too badly |
| 3400s | I mean not obviously a stellar |
| 3401s | performance but yeah better than I |
| 3403s | expected maybe at 52 well I'm I'm like |
| 3406s | the European players that I that I |
| 3408s | follow like that that's again I don't |
| 3410s | have the actual data it's just from my |
| 3412s | own perspective like what people were |
| 3414s | saying about it from from people who |
| 3415s | brought it uh there seem to be a lot of |
| 3418s | discourse revolving around it so maybe |
| 3421s | it's one of those things right like you |
| 3422s | can curve out extremely well and just |
| 3424s | they'll overcome anything but from what |
| 3426s | have we seen these two games uh it's |
| 3428s | definitely uh falling a little bit short |
| 3429s | I love the manisol student Edition |
| 3432s | but man at this point it's looking |
| 3435s | pretty done yeah how do you how do you |
| 3437s | finish this similar to last game just |
| 3439s | running out of really anything to to try |
| 3442s | and contest the game plan of his |
| 3443s | opponent to try and develop his own game |
| 3444s | plan going to the later rounds just runs |
| 3446s | out of fuel too too quickly despite the |
| 3448s | board being okay this fight the |
| 3450s | demolitionist coming online here |
| 3452s | it just seems like you're too far away |
| 3453s | HP is more than enough and you have |
| 3455s | health potion you have the dragonlings |
| 3457s | or the ivy dragon is still alive Lee sin |
| 3458s | levels up now |
| 3459s | the blue Camis are here for shenpo |
| 3462s | akshan Lee Stan and I the dragon ah this |
| 3464s | is this is |
| 3466s | this is today's tournament where I see a |
| 3469s | lot of kicks a lot of kicks and a lot of |
| 3472s | fishes getting huge |
| 3474s | that's that's the the Ionia way |
| 3478s | Minnesota student gonna get kicked out |
| 3481s | of class and this is a rapidly gentlemen |
| 3484s | the world champion despite a great game |
| 3487s | one is gonna succumb back to back with |
| 3490s | the antigen deck to shenpo who you know |
| 3493s | goes to show that you know this this |
| 3495s | lineup is here to stay and it's hard to |
| 3497s | counter Panda because this is this is |
| 3499s | the world champion attempting to counter |
| 3501s | the lineup and it did not work out so |
| 3505s | we'll we'll see if if there's other |
| 3506s | approaches at that strategy or if we're |
| 3509s | going to see more of of this particular |
| 3511s | lineup throughout the tournament but |
| 3513s | this is going to be series one in which |
| 3515s | the former world champion will be |
| 3516s | knocked out run round one and champo |
| 3519s | will advance |
| 3521s | to the top 16 |
| 3526s | this is how Cutthroat these tournaments |
| 3529s | are 3 HP now on the Nexus for Allen I |
| 3532s | don't think there's there's really any |
| 3534s | Miracle draw that can save it here |
| 3535s | considering the hand considering the |
| 3537s | health potion coming online now onto the |
| 3539s | Nexus 11 is |
| 3541s | deny for anything deep mad to draw even |
| 3544s | more cards to keep the dragonling |
| 3546s | activated as well for the next turn this |
| 3548s | turn you have it as a blocker to heal as |
| 3549s | well I mean you have a son coming in |
| 3552s | from Allen but really it's just not not |
| 3554s | enough and any gin is this exactly you |
| 3556s | want to put all your eggs into that |
| 3557s | basket when you're you're trying to go |
| 3559s | for a world qualifications while trying |
| 3560s | to advance to those top spots in this in |
| 3562s | this uh |
| 3564s | uh it's risky and the risk you know |
| 3567s | sometimes it pays off |
| 3569s | sometimes it doesn't and in this case uh |
| 3572s | any gin falls short |
| 3574s | and Nami The Meta essentially rain |
| 3577s | Supreme will take it right here we're |
| 3580s | gonna see a concede from Alan uh soon |
| 3582s | because you know he knows well when he's |
| 3585s | not one to give up uh prematurely like |
| 3587s | he always uh plays until the very end |
| 3589s | but when he knows it's the actual end |
| 3592s | he'll he'll get out of there and at this |
| 3593s | point without the Knight back up all |
| 3596s | these combat tricks of a signed disciple |
| 3598s | being drawn that allows them to continue |
| 3600s | cycling |
| 3601s | there's just absolutely nothing that uh |
| 3604s | Alan can do here he can play the |
| 3606s | stagehand to stun the Lee sin but that |
| 3608s | can be denied |
| 3610s | with one card left in hand I would deny |
| 3612s | this honestly I want to end the game and |
| 3613s | I know that yeah |
| 3615s | like you don't have to worry like oh |
| 3617s | they have a decimate I have 11 health I |
| 3620s | spent six Mana for that yep that's all |
| 3623s | she wrote ladies and gentlemen Allen |
| 3624s | eliminated and shampo advanced the next |
| 3626s | round and we're gonna see a lot of this |
| 3629s | ionian master race just taking down |
| 3633s | the counter lineups and jumbo also just |
| 3637s | one of the the strongest players in |
| 3638s | ladder in terms of win rate in terms of |
| 3640s | just one of the most dominant players in |
| 3642s | the past few seasons he's really hit |
| 3643s | fantastic form coming into this |
| 3645s | tournament coming to the last few |
| 3646s | seasonals as well so a tough matchup for |
| 3648s | Alan but really any matchup in this |
| 3650s | first round is gonna be yeah as you |
| 3651s | mentioned it this tournament is so |
| 3653s | stacked everyone you're facing is pretty |
| 3655s | much a player that has been to a million |
| 3657s | top Cuts already or a player that you |
| 3658s | know as one of those beasts on whatever |
| 3660s | it's always going to be in those top top |
| 3662s | positions so this is the thing seasonal |
| 3664s | top Cuts always going to be cut throat |
| 3666s | tournaments always going to be |
| 3667s | disappointing for some viewers that you |
| 3669s | know are cheering on for a specific |
| 3670s | player because one bad matchup one bad |
| 3673s | lineup one you know two games in a row |
| 3675s | where Allen didn't have maybe the best |
| 3676s | of hands coming into those games and |
| 3678s | it's over that's that's the end of the |
| 3679s | dream for Alex I I think at this point |
| 3681s | it's safe there's him like with with |
| 3683s | such a stack top 32 and how these |
| 3687s | players are all like at the very highest |
| 3689s | level and they're not really there's not |
| 3690s | much difference between them in regards |
| 3692s | to to skills right they have different |
| 3694s | play Styles preferences is and sure some |
| 3697s | shine better under pressure than others |
| 3699s | but ultimately it comes down to two |
| 3700s | sayings preparation |
| 3702s | and and also just not not getting too |
| 3704s | nervous and succumbing and misplaying |
| 3706s | your sequencing as well uh but the the |
| 3709s | sequencing from all these boys are going |
| 3710s | to be top level so a lot of it's going |
| 3712s | to go down to what they decide to bring |
| 3714s | sometimes you know you you go a little |
| 3716s | bit out of your comfort zone sometimes |
| 3719s | you risk it more sometimes less and |
| 3721s | ultimately we've seen huge gambles pay |
| 3724s | off when it comes to lineups in the past |
| 3725s | but we also seen them fail and today um |
| 3728s | we've seen any gin to uh up to a a you |
| 3731s | know a bit of a rough start I don't |
| 3733s | think any gin is the deck that will |
| 3735s | perform or or take this tournament I I |
| 3738s | could be wrong but I from what I've seen |
| 3740s | I I don't think it is and I do I do feel |
| 3743s | like it's going to be rough to counter |
| 3744s | the Nami Lee sin split right the fact |
| 3748s | I'm not being played together they're |
| 3749s | going to do different decks uh they're |
| 3751s | packing in a lot of power from from not |
| 3755s | only Ione is a region because we're |
| 3756s | seeing a lot of variants with Shadow |
| 3757s | owls but also just from the their their |
| 3759s | nature of their combo and the fact that |
| 3761s | once the game reaches a certain Point |
| 3762s | there's very little that beats them so |
| 3765s | it's going to be going to a very quick |
| 3767s | break hopefully going to be able to fix |
| 3769s | up any of these small production and |
| 3771s | technical issues we've been having |
| 3772s | throughout this first round we're very |
| 3773s | sorry to all of yours at home it was |
| 3775s | confusing for us I imagine for viewers |
| 3776s | even more so but hopefully everything |
| 3778s | will get iron out we might have to |
| 3779s | restart the stream due to some of these |
| 3781s | technical issues so if that's the case |
| 3782s | just refresh I'll be right back for |
| 3784s | round two as you mentioned always going |
| 3785s | to be on time 2 p.m CET will be the next |
| 3788s | round and then one hour after that in |
| 3789s | one hour increments will have every |
| 3791s | future round then we'll have a chance to |
| 3792s | see the bracket as well Y and C what |
| 3795s | players were already eliminated Yeah you |
| 3796s | mentioned 32 to 16 after Justin I mean |
| 3798s | we're only like 30 like there's there's |
| 3800s | still like a lot of games that are going |
| 3802s | like this is a pretty quick series |
| 3804s | actually so so but we'll see we'll see |
| 3807s | who who goes with a break and we'll be |
| 3808s | right back very soon don't go anywhere |
| 3812s | to restore this Legacy is my greatest |
| 3815s | honor |
| 3817s | [Music] |
| 3822s | so much to learn how will I know when |
| 3824s | I'm ready even as a so-called Master |
| 3827s | there is so much I do not know |
| 3830s | good good |
| 3833s | clear mind |
| 3834s | [Music] |
| 3836s | blade and mind honed and sharp |
| 3840s | concentrate tune see this |